Protests in Charlottesville,Virginia
This protest is part of a long chain of events and the removal of the statue in Charlottesville is happening in - at least - several other cities in the country.
The thorough answer to your question would need to encompass a great deal of history going back to - at least - 1861.
The short answer would be that in 2015 a young man entered a church and murdered nine people at prayer - the young man had publically used the Confederate battle flag as his personal symbol prior to his murderous act - and in doing that ignited a debate in regard to the appropriateness of Confederate flags on public property.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/...
With the result being that some city councils have since then through various processes determined that all Confederate symbols - statues as well as flags - should be removed to public museums or removed to private property.
http://www.fox13news.com/news/fl...
http://www.npr.org/sections/thet...
The thorough answer to your question would need to encompass a great deal of history going back to - at least - 1861.
The short answer would be that in 2015 a young man entered a church and murdered nine people at prayer - the young man had publically used the Confederate battle flag as his personal symbol prior to his murderous act - and in doing that ignited a debate in regard to the appropriateness of Confederate flags on public property.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/...
With the result being that some city councils have since then through various processes determined that all Confederate symbols - statues as well as flags - should be removed to public museums or removed to private property.
http://www.fox13news.com/news/fl...
http://www.npr.org/sections/thet...
Other removals have occasioned heated protests - though none resulted in the death of a participant as happened at Charlottesville- Sara Matthews,Teacher of American History The “alt-right” had a rally against the removal of the general lee statue, then anti-fa/black lives matter showed up armed to fight them and from there the fights broke out. The “alt-right” showed up with shields, helmets and some weapons and the liberals had mainly weapons. This wasn't like Berkeley where one side was armed (liberals), this time both were armed and hell broke loose. This can explain what showed up in Charlottesville.-Matt Slowinski
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